#DBC946#DBC946

#DBC946 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC946
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -8.39, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 65.33, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0292 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2078, 57.2778, 14.1516)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC946 #4658DB

analogous

#DB7F46 #DBC946 #A2DB46

triadic

#DBC946 #46DBC9 #C946DB

tetradic

#DBC946 #46DB7F #4658DB #DB46A2

square

#DBC946 #46DB7F #4658DB #DB46A2

split-complementary

#DBC946 #46A2DB #7F46DB

monochromatic

#8B7E1B #BFAC25 #DBC946 #E5D879 #EFE7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DBC946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC946

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC946	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead981',
    500: '#dbc946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc946;
$custom-light: #ead981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82762,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC946

secondary

#343F91

accent

#52EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC946

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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